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2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Nan Po Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Nan Po Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
$15.50 - $156.50
$15.50
$15.50 - $156.50
$15.50
Nan Po Zhai is the closest village to Bing Dao village in the county of Mengku.  It lies 2km from Bing Dao village in a roadless area filled with centuries old tea trees.  Nan Po tea is typically sold as Bing Dao as it's quite similiar, but not the same.  We are happy to offer this incredibly powerful and textured tea from the late Autumn of 2019.

 

400 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Stone-Pressed in the traditional way

50 kilograms in total produced

Harvest time:  October 2019

Wrapper Design by Sander Mack-Crane

 

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 191 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 191 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 191 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.

Overall rating: 4.8333335 / 5 from 6 reviews.

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Very enjoyable

"A very enjoyable, juicy, fruity refreshing tea. It still has a prominent young taste, but rounded off very nicely with a juicy funkiness. Pleasant calming body effect. Notably, the last time I tried it I got a surprising long lingering peachy (like a dan cong) aftertaste."

— K S. (5/5)

Just Wow!

"This is a tea I will drink over and over again. It is mellow, complex and has a great mouthfeel. I am glad I found this type."

— Celeste A. (5/5)

Ordered a 25g sample. I

"Ordered a 25g sample. I didn't think much of it the first time I tried but it seems to develop every session. I started to detect subtle clove or cinnamon during the last session. Clean tasting. For me it is a must buy."

— Yonghoon S. (5/5)

Complex and satisfying

"This one is among the more complex shengs, it has a thick creamy texture and induces a peaceful state of mind. If you like Mengku tea, then I am sure you will love the taste profile and the pungent aftertaste too. The smell is sweet, vegetal and floral as one would expect. Specific notes include manure, sage, courgette, dry earth, nettle, and green pepper. Just like in the 2017 vintage, I can detect a mixture of orchid and honey aroma in the empty cup. The liquor is thick and active from the very first infusion, which is quite crisp tasting. There is a drying sensation throughout the session, which never gets out of hand and completes the mouthfeel in a very satisfying way. Bitterness also appears in moderation and it lends itself to a nice, sweet finish. The taste is generally fairly vegetal with decent umami and a slightly metallic tinge. Many flavours could be identified over the course of a full session, let me just mention nettle, sugarcane, peanut, kohlrabi, carambola, celery root, enoki mushrooms, and chard to name a few. As I mentioned already, the aftertaste has a floral pungency to it that appears fast. I couldn’t quite pinpoint the specific flowers it reminded me of, but I think there are hints of chamomile and orange blossoms. There is also an interesting creaminess as well as a fresh sweetness of green beans/peas neither of which is very usual. The more usual honey sweetness is there, but subdued and light – akin to summer honey. Complementing all that is a clover leaf tartness, underscoring the fresh, green nature of the sensation."

— Tomáš G. (5/5)

Mellow malty

"A nice mildly sweet and malty young sheng. Some steamed vegetable notes. Further astringency comes out on later steeps. Medium-strength energizing effects."

— Mike K. (4/5)

fantastic puer

"This tea, even though it's pretty young, already has an amazing sweet taste. Sweet oranges and citrus, and long lingering aftertaste. The Cha Qi is meidum,. with a mellow feeling to the body after a few infusions. Really good tea for meditation. 5 grams per 100mL goes for 10-15 infusions. I absolutely love this tea and wholely recommend it."

— Steven M. (5/5)

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